Wichita KS

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A 50-year-old Sedgwick County woman has pleaded guilty to lying to law enforcement, accoridng to U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. In July 2019, Summer Heather Worden said that her estranged wife and NASA astronaut, Anne McClain, had guessed the password and illegally accessed her bank account...

CLEARWATER, Kan. (KWCH) - A California-based renewable energy company wants to open a solar farm near Clearwater, but the community is hesitant to the idea. People around the proposed solar farm received a letter inviting them to an informational meeting, where many brought up questions about their concerns. “I...

SEDGWICK COUNTY —A child is recovering from injuries after an accident in Wichita. On Tuesday morning, police responded to the report of a child being struck by a vehicle on private property, according to Wichita Police Department Captain Aaron Moses. EMS transported the 4-year-old boy to an area hospital...

The sheriff's office says the 72-year-old inmate was found unresponsive around 10 a.m. Sunday in the medical clinic unit.

Police said a 42-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman were walking when the man was hit by a car that then left the area.

The Wichita woman accused of stabbing her 80-year-old mother to death in bed last month had been diagnosed with a serious mental illness, experienced “angry outbursts” and delusional states where she would claim she could “talk to God,” and called her mom “the devil” while she was “talking to herself” in a police...

SEDGWICK COUNTY—Law enforcement investigating a fatal car-pedestrian crash that occurred early Sunday morning near Kansas 15 Highway and MacArthur Road in Sedgwick County have identified the victim as 33-year-old Nicholas Wade Garcia of Newton, according to Sheriff's Department spokesman Branden Stitt. Just after...

SEDGWICK COUNTY —A toddler is recovering from a near drowning at a home in Wichita. Just after 7p.m. Sunday, police and other first responders were dispatched to a drowning call at a residence in the 1400 block of S. Shiloh in Wichita, according to Wichita Police Captain Aaron Moses.

A 72-year-old inmate at the Sedgwick County Jail died Sunday morning after deputies found him unresponsive in the facility’s clinic. The man’s name is being withheld at the request of his family, Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Branden Stitt said by email. His is the sixth in-custody death at the jail this...

A 39-year-old Wichita man died after his truck collided with a bridge near K-15 and 55th Street South on Tuesday morning. Law enforcement officers with the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office are investigating to determine what caused the single-vehicle accident. The accident was discovered by a Kansas Department of...